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Newspaper

Chanute Tribune

Location

Chanute, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jan 08, 1957

Page

3

Rebekah Lodge Honors IOOF Founder Thomas Wildey

Mrs Irene Moore led a night meeting in IOOF Hall honoring Thomas Wildey founder of the Odd Fellows Lodge on his birthday. One candidate was balloted in, two applications received, and fifty members attended with decorations and gifts for officers.

Thomas Wildey Odd Fellows Lodge Irene Moore Rebekah Lodge IOOF Nathan Hole Miriam Circle Noble Grand Club Hazel Slane S. Malcolm William Phillips Noble Grand Ruth Irwin Mabel Pons Hillard Blume Agnes Zimmerman

Chanute Textile Paint Club changes meeting day

Thirteen members and two guests attended an all day Chanute Textile Paint Club session at Carpenters Hall. A covered dish luncheon was served. The club voted to move meetings from Monday to Tuesday. Turkish towel designs will be painted at the next meeting on January 15.

Hugh Pullman Humboldt Charles Berthot Chanute Textile Paint Club Carpenters Hall

One Piece Slipper pattern advertisement and 4-H Club notices

Ail ice Brooks promotes a growing one piece slipper pattern with adjustable snaps for child sizes four through twelve, offering a 25 cent pattern and 6 cent extra for mail. The Chanute Tribune invites readers to order alice Brooks needlecraft books and free patterns. Also reports 4-H Club News noting the Lucky Beginners club earned its fourth purple seal, pins awarded, and a health and safety achievement. Five dollars will be sent to March of Dimes.

Alice Brooks Gilbert Borland Borland Dorothy and Guyanna Sexton Robert Stew Allen Young Kelly Starbuck Billy Brown Mary Ellen Teft Cheral Waldron Janice Waldron Gary Meriwether Jim Brown Leora Latta Richard Stewart Alvin Teft Lois Borland Joan Starbuck Linda Watson Fredonia March of Dimes

Women at Work at Peoples Theater Cashier Sees Joy in Job

Beryl Browning, cashier-secretary at the Peoples Theater, says her six day weekly duties span morning and evening box office work. She keeps weekly and daily reports, deposits with police escort, and mentors Mary Teresa Truster, a Chanute High School student, as assistant cashier one night weekly. Browning cites customer enjoyment and math as factors in job satisfaction and notes more than five years of continuous employment with no absence.

Beryl Browning The Peoples Theater Miss Browning Mary Teresa Truster Chanute High School

Health leaders honored at surprise ceremony

Jackie Shartzer was introduced at a surprise ceremony honoring health and safety leaders Mrs. Ernest H Brown and Mrs. Ben Teft. The next meeting is scheduled for February 7.

Jackie Shartzer Ernest H. Brown Ben Teft

Scout News: Troop 24 and Troop 2 Meet for Elections

Scout News reports Troop 24 and Girl Scouts of Troop 2 meeting at Murray Hill School and Grant Avenue Baptist church. Elections named JoDean Cox president and Connie Jean Franklin president, with officers listed. meetings included crafts, dancing, taps, and the Brownie Tunnel. A pattern promotion from Marian Martin and a note on lemon juice for apple juice are also mentioned.

Brownie Scouts Murray Hill School JoDean Cox Donna Tasche Sylvia Wilson Cathy Sue Parsons Girl Scouts Grant Avenue Baptist Church Connie Jean Franklin Barbara Jacobs Charlotte Pitts Terril Adams Phyllis Brown

C. C. McGees Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary

Mr. and Mrs. C. C. McGee of 108 N. Evergreen marked their 50th wedding anniversary with a family dinner in the Emerald Room at the Kay Hotel. Guests included H. H. Hollenshead family, Emma Hollenshead and Claude C. McGee’s Oaxaca ties. The couple wed January 2, 1907 in Mexico Mo, later moving to Chanute and retiring to town.

C. C. McGee N. Evergreen Emerald Room Kay Hotel H. H. Hollenshead H. Howard Hollenshead Margaret and Lynn Hugh Gertrude Anderson E. C. Dwelle Dallas Tex M. M. Montague Shelton Propst Claude C. McGee Emma Hollenshead Mexico McGee Chanute

Social Calendar January 9 1957 Church and club events

Wednesday listings include Junior St Cecilia Music Club at Me Moria Building 7 p.m. Christian Womens Fellowship 2 p.m. Sunflower Chapter CES 7:30 p.m. BPW dinner 6:45 p.m. Brownie Leaders 1:30 p.m. Esther Circle WSWS 2 p.m. church meetings 2 p.m. Rebekah and Circle gatherings at various homes and churches plus a bridge etiquette Q&A about card handling.

Junior St. Cecilia Music Club MeMoria Chistian Womens Fellowship Sunflower Masonic Temple Tioga Hotel F. E. Davis Esther WSWS Eub Church 7Th S&s Kansas Women's Auxiliary Grace Episcopal Church St. Anne St. Margaret St. Mary Sawyer Hall Aoe Zion Lutheran Church First Methodist Church Naomi de Hargrove W. Main Rebekah Feask Young Ethel Cox Rachel Zack Baker Edith Elizabeth Darreil Hull Rutter P.m. Orpha Myra Brobst Highland Presbyterian Women's Association Circle Ed Louis W. Walnut John Nation Larson H. C. Bodley W. T. Warren D. A. Finney Plummer George Barker

There & There Earlton La Aid Meeting Summary

The Earlton La aid group met at Mrs. Mabel Fox's home. A brief business session followed by devotionals led by Mrs. Earl Clifford and a lesson by Elizabeth Barham. Six members attended with refreshments served. next meeting hosted by Mrs Edna Scribner.

Earlton Mabel Fox Earl Clifford Elizabeth Barham Richard Bailey Edna Scribner

Miss Brazil Hostess Leads Les Des Club Meeting

Mary Jo Brazil hosted a Les Des Club gathering at 128 S. Forest Monday night with 29 members present. Rosalynd Booth, the president, led the polio drive discussion and a paper drive set for February 2. Karen Earnest will host the next meeting, January 21.

Mary Jo Brazil Les Des Club S. Forest Rosalynd Booth Karen Earnest N. Washington

Modern etiquette showers for grooms gain popularity

The piece notes showers for prospective bridesgrooms are rising in popularity. They range from humorous items like gaudy socks and dainty handkerchiefs to practical gifts such as book or smoking-necessities showers.

Baby Born Aboard Flight En Route To Honolulu

A Transocean Air Lines plane traveling from Oakland to Honolulu carried a premature male infant after the doctor in Hawaii gave radioed instructions to two stewardesses. Dr. Robert P. C. Ho noted it was a routine delivery without his physical presence. The mother, Lillian Palen of Honolulu, has four other children. Stewardesses Alice Martinez and Lorraine Mikosh described the birth as easy.

Honolulu Transocean Air Lines Oakland Calif Robert P. C. Ho Lillian Palen Alice Martinez Lorraine Mikosh San Francisco

Tragic Slaying Near Houston Leaves Woman Dead

The body of Mrs. Anne Louise Marston, about 35, was found on a lonely road near Houston. Her 4-year-old son Ronnie stood nearby crying, awaiting his mother to wake. Sheriff Kern said her throat was cut and she had injuries. The sister Lois Morrison reported the tragedy and that Mrs. Marston had run a news- (text cut)

Houston Tex Anne Louise Marston Ronnie C. V. Kern

Practical nurse sought. hired for elderly care in Chanute

An advertisement in The Chanute Tribune shows a practical nurse sought for work. A man visited yesterday morning and hired her to care for his elderly parents, with Mrs. Marston and Ronnie accompanying him as they left.

Brother’s Driver Identified in Christmas Eve Hit-and-Run

Mrs. Elaine Okuniewski of Hillsdale witnessed a Christmas Eve hit and run in Emerson. She reported the license plate, leading to the driver Robert W. Day, her brother, who was fined $100 last week.

Emerson N. J Elaine Okuniewski Hillsdale Robert W. Day

Bull among buffaloes dies at City Park Zoo

The single bull among ten buffaloes at Denver City Park Zoo died yesterday from ulcers. Superintendent Clyde Hill called the animal easygoing and unlikely to suffer ulcers, noting his easy handling.

Denver City Park Zoo Clyde Hill

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